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The Bride, the Lamb's Wife.— "As a grandlesson of the Divine sovereignty, and as asublime contradiction to all evolution theories,God elected to call to this place of honor (as ‘theBride, the Lamb's Wife and Joint-heir'— Rom.8:17), not angels and cherubs, but some fromamong the sinners redeemed by the preciousblood of the Lamb. The continued permission ofevil is for the purpose of developing these‘members of the Body of Christ' and to furnishthem the opportunity of sacrificing their littleand redeemed all, in the service of Him whobought them with His precious blood; and thusof developing in their hearts His spirituallikeness, that when, at the end of the Age, theyare presented by their Lord and Redeemer beforethe Father, God may see in them ‘the image ofHis Son.' "— Col. 1:22; Rom. 8:29; E412, 395;Rev. 19:7; 21:2.Revelation 21:10.And he carried me away in the Spirit.— "Godhath revealed them unto us by His Spirit."— 1 Cor. 2:10; Rev. 1:10; 17:3.To a great and high mountain.— How similaris the language, recording the experience of thefirst and greatest Member of the Church, at thebeginning of His ministry. Concerning the Lord'sthird temptation we read: "In this temptation theLord is taken, not physically, but in the spirit ofHis mind, up into a high mountain— a veryexalted kingdom. Physically He was all this timein the desert near Jerusalem; and as a matter offact there is neither in that desert nor anywherein the world a mountain from which all thekingdom of the world could be viewed exceptwith the mind's eye."— Z.'06-43.And shewed me [that great] THE HOLY City,[The holy] Jerusalem, descending out ofHeaven from God.— The city came down fromHeaven to earth. If we went up to Heaven, itwould not be found there. ‘If Rev. 21 is to beliterally interpreted, then the whole surface, ofPalestine is far from sufficient to hold a city ofthis size. Besides, its height, length and breadthwere to be equal.— Rev. 21:2.